This module component aims to develop the mathematics taught in year 1 into a solid foundation on which to develop the competence and skills necessary to tackle the higher mathematics encountered in the study of Civil and Structural engineering.
The computing component equips the learners with basic introductory programming skills to enable them to develop elementary Microsoft VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) applications to automate typical Engineering tasks.
Mathematics:
- Integration: Integrals soluble by using substitutions, trigonometric formulae, partial fractions, integration by parts, and tables.
- Applications of integration: Areas, volumes, centroids, moments of inertia.
- Complex Numbers: Cartesian and polar form. Sums, products and quotients. Solution of quadratic equations with complex roots.
- Ordinary Differential Equations: First order separation of variables type; Second-order homogeneous with constant coefficients.
Computing:
- Introductory programming theory – variables and data types, flowcharts, formulation of assignment statements
- VBA user-defined Functions in Excel, VBA subroutines
- Design of VBA forms using standard controls – i.e. labels, textboxes, command buttons, frames, option buttons and check boxes;
- Programming Theory – Selection & Logical Operators
- Development of elementary Engineering applications
Mathematics:
Instruction will consist of lectures and a tutorial. The emphasis of course delivery will be ‘hands-on’ problem solving.
Computing:
The students are scheduled for computing laboratories. The course material will be delivered by lectures in the computer laboratory and by a series of videos that have been recorded specifically for the course. The students will be expected to complete a range of programming exercises during the laboratory session. They may also be required to complete a larger assignment outside of the time allocated to the laboratory.
| Module Content & Assessment | |
|---|---|
| Assessment Breakdown | % |
| Formal Examination | 55 |
| Other Assessment(s) | 45 |